Starry Night Text/ Visual Comparision

Since art is interpretive, everyone looks at the painting from a different perspective and therefore analysis is somewhat one-sided and opinionated. After looking at the "Starry Night" painting and reading the response, we see a lot of similarities and connections between what the author saw in the painting and what we see. For the most part, all of the physical aspects the author describes in his response agree with the overall image created through the abstract art. We also see these images and agree with the response. However, there are also several themes that the author responds to that we do not agree with or see. Since the Cypresses are not the main focus of the painting, it is difficult to relate to the statement about the "strength and fortitude" of the trees which the author of the poem is talking about. The grass in the foreground of the picture seems to be unproportionally big relative to the other objects and the author believed that the grass might be an important element to add to the overall image for a particular reason. We on the other hand think that it does not add any value to the picture created by the painter and therefore disagree with that part of the analysis which was written about the poem. There are several aspects of the painters life that may have influenced him to paint the picture the way he did and use such abstract of ways to demonstrate this idea. Since we have a different mindset than the painter, we see and interpret things much differently. Although we see the same colors and shapes, what exactly they are and what they mean are relative to ones perspective.